Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority
2:00 am
Ms Angela Fitzgerald:
It is a fair point. The other piece is the qualifications of staff. There is currently no minimum requirement as regards qualifications. If you are not appropriately skilled, you do not have enough staff and you do not have appropriate supervision, a very task-based approach is taken and people do not necessarily understand the concept of care. It is very appropriate. The chief nursing officer is leading out on that work in the Department. It is being implemented in healthcare settings. We are confident that it is at an advanced stage. It will definitely support our efforts.
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